1 Chronicles 23 (WK) - Bible Truth Library

for the shewbread.It was the priests' office to place this bread before the Lord; and it was their privilege to feed on the old loaves when they were replaced by the new.

1 Chron. 9:31‑32• ³¹{i}And Mattithiah of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was in trust over the things that were made in the pans.{/i}
³²{i}And some of the sons of the Kohathites, their brethren, were over the loaves to be set in rows, to prepare them every Sabbath.{/i} (1 Chron. 9:31‑32)

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Ex. 25:30• ³⁰{i}And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me continually.{/i} (Ex. 25:30)

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Lev. 24:5‑9• ⁵And thou shalt take fine wheaten flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof; each cake shall be of two tenths.
⁶And thou shalt set them in two rows, six in a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.
⁷And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon [each] row; and it shall be a bread of remembrance, an offering to Jehovah.
⁸Every Sabbath day he shall arrange it before Jehovah continually on the part of the children of Israel: an everlasting covenant.
⁹And it shall be Aaron's, and his sons'; and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it [is] most holy unto him of Jehovah's fire-offerings: an everlasting statute. (Lev. 24:5‑9)

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1 Kings 7:48• ⁴⁸{i}And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Jehovah: the golden altar; and the table of gold, whereon was the showbread;{/i} (1 Kings 7:48)

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2 Chron. 13:11• ¹¹{i}and they burn to Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense; the loaves also are set in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with its lamps to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but ye have forsaken him.{/i} (2 Chron. 13:11)

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2 Chron. 29:18• ¹⁸{i}And they went in to king Hezekiah, and said, We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the table of the bread to be set in rows, and all its vessels;{/i} (2 Chron. 29:18)

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Neh. 10:33• ³³{i}for the bread to be set in rows, and for the continual oblation, and for the continual burnt-offering, for that of the Sabbaths and of the new moons, for the set feasts and for the holy things , and for the sin-offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.{/i} (Neh. 10:33)

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Matt. 12:4• ⁴{i}How he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only?{/i} (Matt. 12:4)

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Heb. 9:2• ²For a tabernacle was constituted, the first, in which [were] both the candlestick and the table and the setting forth of the loaves, which is called Holy; (Heb. 9:2)

the fine flour.

1 Chron. 9:29‑34• ²⁹{i}Part of them also were appointed over the vessels, and over all the holy instruments, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.{/i}
³⁰{i}And it was someone of the sons of the priests who compounded the ointment of the spices.{/i}
³¹{i}And Mattithiah of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was in trust over the things that were made in the pans.{/i}
³²{i}And some of the sons of the Kohathites, their brethren, were over the loaves to be set in rows, to prepare them every Sabbath.{/i}
³³{i}And these were the singers, chief fathers of the Levites, who were in the chambers free from service; for they were employed day and night.{/i}
³⁴{i}These are the chief fathers of the Levites, heads according to their families; these dwelt in Jerusalem.{/i} (1 Chron. 9:29‑34)

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Lev. 6:20‑23• ²⁰This [is] the offering of Aaron and his sons, which they shall present to Jehovah on the day when he is anointed: the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour, as a continual meal offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.
²¹In a pan with oil it shall be made; saturated thou shalt bring it in; baken pieces of the meal offering shalt thou present, a sweet odour unto Jehovah.
²²And the anointed priest that shall be in his stead from his sons, shall make it: an everlasting statute, it shall be wholly burnt unto Jehovah.
²³And every meal offering of the priest shall be wholly burnt; it shall not be eaten. (Lev. 6:20‑23)

unleavened.

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Lev. 7:9• ⁹And every meal offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is prepared in the cauldron and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it; to him it shall belong. (Lev. 7:9)

pan.

or, flat plate.

for all manner of measure.The standards of all weights and measures were in the sanctuary; and therefore the Levites had the inspection of weights and measures of every kind, that no fraud might in this way be committed.

Honesty is inseparably connected with piety; and hence the Levites, being sufficiently numerous, were employed to superintend the former, as well as the latter.

Lev. 19:35‑36• ³⁵Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in measure.
³⁶Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] Jehovah your God that brought you out of the land of Egypt. (Lev. 19:35‑36)

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Num. 3:50• ⁵⁰{i}of the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.{/i} (Num. 3:50)

J. N. Darby Translation

and for the loaves to be set in rows, and for the fine flour for the oblation, and for the unleavened cakes, and for what is baked in the pan, and for that which is saturated with oil, and for all measure of capacity and size;

W. Kelly Translation

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)